Genesis 12:1&3 The Obedience of Abram

12 Now the Lord said to Abram,

“Go out from your country, your relatives, and your father’s household to the land that I will show you.
3 I will bless those who bless you,
but the one who treats you lightly I must curse,
and all the families of the earth will bless one another by your name.”

 

Palestina

 

In the past before time began

a “chosen” gift was given.

Provided for a people

by the “Power” well defined.

The gift was more the eye could see

more than men’s comprehension.

More than the mind could absorb

because it was spiritually refined.

 

Carved in Love and based on Truth

as only God could see it.

It included a place to live -

a land of milk and honey.

Through miracles and wonders

they moved towards that place.

To wind up in a desert,

and to be lost kind of funny?

 

Paradise before them

in fear they passed it by.

Nothing left behind them

but death in its course.

The only “hope” their children

a newborn generation

who had the trust and innocence

to enter the promised door.

 

Years just passed the land was lost

and so was their commitment.

to the One Who deep in Love

gave them the gift of “Life.”

Their memory left long ago

their will did not recall it

until the day of suffering

and they were full of strife.

 

In space and time, after many a year

they returned unto their country.

A place to live “maybe” secure,

no milk and honey left.

Some desert land here and there

and that of their own making.

A place to call their own

for which long they felt bereft

 

To give away now part of His

to folks who can’t accept Him

Who gave it in the first place

to the ones He deeply loved?

Surely it is not in His will

to take the “Promised Land”

and again break in pieces

the home Christ called from above

 

Jan Wienen